The O-town Scene

April 07, 2011

The O-town Scene - Oneonta, NY

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SCENE Contents 2- Masthead and Editor’s Note 4- Adults-only Springtime Dinosaur coloring contest 5- College columns 6- Shot of the Week 7- Casual Chit Chat with poet Bertha Rogers 8-9- Art People – painter and sculptor Eddie Caputo 10- Music People – jazz pianist Jeremy Wall 11- SUNY’s second annual jazz festival set 12- Local Eats – Springtime Tart recipe 13- Book Talk with Anne Van Deusen 14- Concert reviews – Gordon Lightfoot and Oneonta metal show 15- Vintage Video – ‘Shock Corridor’ 16-17- Bright Hill Press is a word and image mecca 18- Manifest-O, the Scene’s new poetry and creative writing feature 18- R.o.B.S. (Are the stories Real Or B.S.?) 19- Vinyl Vault – ‘African Scream Contest’ 20-21- Coming events 22-23- Events calendar 24-25- Diversity Scene 27-30- Classified ads 31- Advice Goddess Cover Photo Bright Hill Director Bertha Rogers sits at a table at the center Note to April 7-13, 2011 Our Readers Dear Readers, Last week, we ran a story on Lumpy’s Road- house and Bar-B-Q, a new restaurant and nightlife spot in the former Country Rock Cafe. I took photos for the story and wrote it myself, interviewing the managers and who I believed was the owner, Ty Towers. I believed Towers was the owner because after I asked him point-blank if he was, he said, “Yes.” When I asked him if he was the “Lumpy” the road house was named for, he told me a charm- ing story about his son giving him the nickname. Neither of these pieces of information is, in fact, true. Photo by Sam Spokony Bright Hill is a center for writing and art to be enjoyed by the old and young. 16-17 Towers was fired as general manager Saturday by the actual owner, Anthony Dieppa of Long Island. Although Dieppa is the new owner of Lumpy’s, much of the paperwork is still in the name of Ben Layton, who many people know as “Lumpy.” That’s right, Layton is Lumpy, and was given the nickname when he was in high school at Morris Central School, where he graduated in 1988. Layton has owned the business since 1998 when it was the Country Rock Cafe. It does not matter to us that Lumpy’s manage- ment is in a transitional stage or what the details of the workings of that business are. What mat- ters to us is that we report accurate information to our readers. It was not true that Towers was the owner of Lumpy’s or that he was the “Lumpy” for which the bar/restaurant is named, and I apologize for printing inaccurate information. Since the misinformation came to our attention, my boss, Editor of The Daily Star Sam Pollak, has been using the phrase, “If your mother says she loves you, get a second source.” So, readers, we at the Scene will continue to do our best to get the facts right, and not take information that’s given to us for granted _ even it that means asking Dad if Mom really loves us. We love reporting on the interesting people, businesses and events in our area. Ask anyone. Photo by Sam Spokony Sincerely, Cassandra Miller Editor of the O-Town Scene April 7, 2011 O-Town Scene 3

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